Do you cut up your deer the same day as harvesting it?
10-05-2007, 02:30 PM
#41
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Butler, Pa (back home after all these years)
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RE: Do you cut up your deer the same day as harvesting it?
I either habng it if cool enough or just quarter it up ans put it on ice or theextra fridge and let it set-up for a few days then cut it up and vac seal it. meat seems to be much more tender etc. the key seems to be cooling it down right away.
10-05-2007, 02:36 PM
#42
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
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RE: Do you cut up your deer the same day as harvesting it?
When it's warm, and there is no locker to pay to hang it in, I do. I bone it out immediately, make up some big absorb pads with paper towels and wax paper with some slits in it to get the blood away from the meat. I have some big trays that I put it on and put it in the fridge, wrappedover thetop with saran wrap to keep fridge smell off,for 3 or 4 days to age before vacum packing and freezing. You really have no choice unless you have a place to hang it. If you hang it in a cooler I leave the hide on. If it's cold enough and I have a shady building that holds the cool night air during the day I just hang them for 4 - 7 days.
10-05-2007, 06:03 PM
#44
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: TN
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RE: Do you cut up your deer the same day as harvesting it?
ORIGINAL: YooperMike
I usually cut them up the same day unless it is real cold, then I don't worry about it as much. "Aging" me is pronounced "rotting" so it is not something I like to do.
I usually cut them up the same day unless it is real cold, then I don't worry about it as much. "Aging" me is pronounced "rotting" so it is not something I like to do.
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